Lens supporters put their faith in manager Haise to deliver victory against Nantes

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Competition: France Ligue 1
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis (38223 seats)

Lens and Nantes have delivered a "par" performance until now, to use a golfing expression. The teams both have mid-table positions in the Ligue 1.

Insights:
  • Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Nantes have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Lens form and stats

9-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Ligue 1 numbers at home for Lens so far this season. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Lens, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Lens drew their last game, 1-1 away at Paris Saint Germain (placed 1st). Jean was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Paris Saint Germain after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfield player Fofana got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, the max score being 10. Fofana dribled past the opponent 7 of 8 times and had 44 successful passes (of 46 total).

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Montpellier.

A decent goal production from Lens in their home games so far, with 31 goals from 17 league matches. Lens are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 16 from 17 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Nantes form and stats

Nantes have only collected 17 points from their away games in the Ligue 1, after 4-5-8 (17 played).

The fans enjoyed Nantes's previous match versus Bordeaux (placed 19th), a 5-3 win played at home. An amazing comeback from Nantes last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to Bukari scoring the winning goal in the 89th minute. Attacker Coulibaly got a player rating of 8.1 in the game. "Man of the match" Coulibaly scored two goals.

Prior to that match, the Nantes manager Kombouare faced defeat when travelling to Olympique Marseille and losing 2-3.

Nantes are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 17 games (in the league). Nantes have conceded 23 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the teams faced each other previously this season; Nantes - Lens 3-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Lens victories, two draws and five Nantes wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NantesR. Kolo Muani
R. Kolo Muani
12 goals
LensA. Muinga
A. Muinga
10 goals
NantesL. Blas
L. Blas
9 goals

Lens missing players

Nantes missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Lens Nantes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
34 17 5 Played P 4 17 34
15 9 3 Won W 0 4 14
9 5 1 Drew D 2 5 8
10 3 1 Lost L 2 8 12
53 31 6 Scored S 3 18 48
42 16 2 Conceded C 7 23 41
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
79% 76% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 65% 68%
53% 47% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 35% 38%
35% 41% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 32%
15% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 18%
56% 47% 20% BTTS BTTS 75% 59% 53%
24% 35% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 24%
24% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 29%
 
5.3 5.9 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.3 5.2
4.3 3.4 2.6 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.7 5.3
2 1.7 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2.1
6 2 0 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
12.6 14.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 10.5 8.9 11.4
4.9 6.1 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.1 4
32% 30% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 35% 35%
 
11 9.4 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13 12.6 11.9
3.5 3.1 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.2 4.3 4
Key stats in Ligue 1 this season:
  • Lens haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Nantes have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 34 24 6 4 76 31 17 15 2 0 42 10 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 78
2 Olympique Marseille 34 19 8 7 56 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 17 11 3 3 27 14 23 65
3 Rennes 34 18 5 11 75 36 17 12 1 4 46 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 39 59
4 Monaco 34 17 8 9 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 14 17 7 4 6 23 21 20 59
5 Nice 34 17 7 10 43 29 17 9 4 4 22 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 14 57
6 Strasbourg 34 15 11 8 55 36 17 10 4 3 32 15 17 5 7 5 23 21 19 56
7 Lens 34 15 9 10 53 42 17 9 5 3 31 16 17 6 4 7 22 26 11 54
8 Olympique Lyonnais 34 14 11 9 56 45 18 10 5 3 39 23 16 4 6 6 17 22 11 52
9 Lille 34 13 12 9 42 40 17 7 7 3 21 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 2 51
10 Nantes 34 14 8 12 48 41 17 10 3 4 30 18 17 4 5 8 18 23 7 50
11 Brest 34 12 9 13 43 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 18 6 5 7 19 24 -5 45
12 Montpellier 34 12 6 16 46 51 17 7 4 6 25 20 17 5 2 10 21 31 -5 42
13 Reims 34 9 13 12 36 37 17 5 6 6 22 18 17 4 7 6 14 19 -1 40
14 Angers SCO 34 8 11 15 38 51 17 6 2 9 17 22 17 2 9 6 21 29 -13 35
15 Lorient 34 8 10 16 33 57 16 6 5 5 18 16 18 2 5 11 15 41 -24 34
16 Troyes 34 8 9 17 30 47 17 4 7 6 15 16 17 4 2 11 15 31 -17 33
17 Clermont 34 8 9 17 35 63 17 3 6 8 19 30 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 33
18 Saint-Étienne 34 7 10 17 38 68 18 4 6 8 23 36 16 3 4 9 15 32 -30 31
19 Bordeaux 34 5 12 17 47 84 17 3 6 8 25 32 17 2 6 9 22 52 -37 27
20 Metz 34 4 12 18 29 60 17 1 7 9 17 29 17 3 5 9 12 31 -31 24

Nantes:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 34 24 6 4 76 31 17 15 2 0 42 10 17 9 4 4 34 21 45 78
2 Olympique Marseille 34 19 8 7 56 33 17 8 5 4 29 19 17 11 3 3 27 14 23 65
3 Rennes 34 18 5 11 75 36 17 12 1 4 46 13 17 6 4 7 29 23 39 59
4 Monaco 34 17 8 9 55 35 17 10 4 3 32 14 17 7 4 6 23 21 20 59
5 Nice 34 17 7 10 43 29 17 9 4 4 22 16 17 8 3 6 21 13 14 57
6 Strasbourg 34 15 11 8 55 36 17 10 4 3 32 15 17 5 7 5 23 21 19 56
7 Lens 34 15 9 10 53 42 17 9 5 3 31 16 17 6 4 7 22 26 11 54
8 Olympique Lyonnais 34 14 11 9 56 45 18 10 5 3 39 23 16 4 6 6 17 22 11 52
9 Lille 34 13 12 9 42 40 17 7 7 3 21 18 17 6 5 6 21 22 2 51
10 Nantes 34 14 8 12 48 41 17 10 3 4 30 18 17 4 5 8 18 23 7 50
11 Brest 34 12 9 13 43 48 16 6 4 6 24 24 18 6 5 7 19 24 -5 45
12 Montpellier 34 12 6 16 46 51 17 7 4 6 25 20 17 5 2 10 21 31 -5 42
13 Reims 34 9 13 12 36 37 17 5 6 6 22 18 17 4 7 6 14 19 -1 40
14 Angers SCO 34 8 11 15 38 51 17 6 2 9 17 22 17 2 9 6 21 29 -13 35
15 Lorient 34 8 10 16 33 57 16 6 5 5 18 16 18 2 5 11 15 41 -24 34
16 Troyes 34 8 9 17 30 47 17 4 7 6 15 16 17 4 2 11 15 31 -17 33
17 Clermont 34 8 9 17 35 63 17 3 6 8 19 30 17 5 3 9 16 33 -28 33
18 Saint-Étienne 34 7 10 17 38 68 18 4 6 8 23 36 16 3 4 9 15 32 -30 31
19 Bordeaux 34 5 12 17 47 84 17 3 6 8 25 32 17 2 6 9 22 52 -37 27
20 Metz 34 4 12 18 29 60 17 1 7 9 17 29 17 3 5 9 12 31 -31 24

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Ligue 1 is the top league in the French football league system. Seasons run from August to May with 20 teams playing a total of 380 fixtures. The team topping the league table after the final game is the champion of France, receiving the trophy L’Hexagoal. Ligue 1 is one of the top five European leagues.